Your signature? Your nickname?

Nightcrawler · April 13, 2001, 04:34 PM

I think these have been done before, but let's go over 'em again.

What does your signature and nickname mean? Where'd you get the idea for 'em?

-Nightcrawler: NOT, from the X-Men or whatever. I got it off of Half Life: They Hunger, Part II.

-My sig changes. The current one comes from the manual of Delta Force: Land Warrior, by Novalogic.

Porter-Glockwell · April 13, 2001, 04:43 PM

Porter-Glockwell is the combination of my favorite pistol (Glocks) and my hero, Porter Rockwell. Just in case any of you don't know who Porter Rockwell was, he was the famed Mormon gunfighter/lawman of the American west. He killed more people than Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson combined. He regularly carried 5 or 6 guns. 2 colt navy revolvers, 2 Colt navy's cut down into snubbies in his pockets, and a sawed off double barrel "whippit" shotgun under his coat. awesome guy. Looked like a lunatic too.

Flattop · April 13, 2001, 05:15 PM

My username is pretty easy to identify with. It's my hair cut style. Also, it signifies the first ship I was assigned to, USS NIMITZ, which is an aircraft carrier. Carriers are commonly referred to as "flattops". The other nickname for carriers "Birdfarm" didn't seem to fit, I live in the burb's not on a farm.

mobias · April 13, 2001, 05:18 PM

Mobias was the name of my junior high school band director's dog. My signature comes from the movie "Bowfinger", a little seen movie but very, very funny. I think it is Eddie Murphy's best ever. Check it out.

PJ11B3VF7 · April 13, 2001, 05:22 PM

My name is my first e-mail address from when I first got online. Being an infantry type I needed something to remember easily (Remember I'm an infantryman and we don't do too well with multasyllabic words

)

PJ=my initials
11B3VF7=my MOS = light infantry SSG, Airborne Ranger and Pathfinder qualified. Yeah, I know I went overboard

Monkeyleg · April 13, 2001, 05:36 PM

It references a very large and hairy birthmark I grew just in time for co-ed gym classes in high school. I always thought it would make a great title for the book I would write, but I guess I'll have to settle for using it here.

Dick

Bulldog · April 13, 2001, 05:46 PM

Old high school nickname that stuck.

You can guess on the sig.

LawDog · April 13, 2001, 05:59 PM

Bulldog: "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood"?

'Lawdog' is Western slang for Peace Officer. For some reason my perfectly good Celtic name trips up most people in North Texas, so "lawdog" or just plain "'dog" it is.

The signatures generally come from the classic Faerie tales.

LawDog

Christopher II · April 13, 2001, 06:05 PM

My parents gave me my screenname shortly before I was born.

The "II" is because some other Christopher got here first.

My .sigs vary frequently, ranging from musical lyrics to snippets of esoteric philosophy. I'm currently between quotes.

Later,
Chris

iso1 · April 13, 2001, 06:14 PM

Nick is composed of the initials of the company I'm assigned to and then my occupation.

I..... Security Officer. The 1 means I was the first here (after the supervisor).

Sigs: first is self-explanatory.
Number 2 comes from a bumper sticker.
Number 3 comes from the Rules of Combat.

thumbtack · April 13, 2001, 06:42 PM

The day before I signed up with TFL, Thumper and I went to the range and we were at the 15 yard pistol range. I setup two thumbtacks and I was able to get both within three shots with my Ruger P89. Thumper tried and was unsuccessful(but came very close), so I choose Thumbtack as bragging rights.

FratBoyTX · April 13, 2001, 07:14 PM

If y'all couldn't guess....I'm in a fraternity (Chi Phi, the oldest and still the best), and I'm in Texas (Dallas. Can't find a quote I like enough to make it my signature quite yet.

inGobwetrust · April 13, 2001, 07:15 PM

My last name is Gobbi. My nickname is Gob or Gobs.

[Edited by inGobwetrust on 04-13-2001 at 11:45 PM]

CastleBravo · April 13, 2001, 07:18 PM

Castle Bravo was the code name for a U.S. hydrogen bomb test that made a much bigger boom than expected.

C.B.

pax · April 13, 2001, 07:42 PM

My nick is "pax," which is the Latin word for "peace." I believe that without responsible people bearing arms, no nation experiences peace for very long.

I've used variants on this nick since I first came online, five or six years ago. Never knew about the anti-gun rights organization by that name until last year sometime, after I started reading TFL. After learning about them, I considered changing my nick. But, doggonit, it's my nick. Why should I let them take over this perfectly good word?

pax

fmjcafe · April 13, 2001, 07:44 PM

fmjcafe....eat lead.Kinda sings,don`t it?

Ranger Grant · April 13, 2001, 08:08 PM

"Ranger Grant" is my SASS alias. I chose the signature because it "fit" my beliefs, and I didn't see it used on any firearm site I visited.

Cyrgelman · April 13, 2001, 08:17 PM

The the letters of the goofy screenname "Cyrgelman" comprise all the letters of my (real) first, middle, and last names. The signature "Cy" is my online nickname.

Horny Toad · April 13, 2001, 08:25 PM

"Horny Toad" was my dad's CB handle years ago. I always got a kick out of it, so I adopted it in his memory.

The sig? Just proud.

Horny Toad

Jim V · April 13, 2001, 09:53 PM

Nickname: Easy, it is my name.

Signature: The first line is from THE WIND AND THE LION, the second line is bastardized Latin for "Don't f*** with us." and the 3rd line is the url for a web site where I'm a moderator. Ya'll drop by, ya hear....

AnotherPundit · April 13, 2001, 09:56 PM

All in all, I think I show a singular lack of imagination.

Paul K · April 13, 2001, 10:22 PM

Well, my nickname stands for my real name, which is Paul! How bout that?
But serously, my dad has had an AOL account forever (we got a cable modem, and i dont know why he stil has AOL) annyways, i got a SN, and i swear it took me half and hour just to think of the right one. i finaly came up with F1 USP45 . USP45 is my fav gun, and F1 is my fav camera (Cannon F1, not Nikon F1)

AR-10 · April 13, 2001, 10:39 PM

My nickname is comprised of the letters in my first and last....wait a minute. I'm an armchair comman....oops. Oh yeah. Bought an Armalite last fall and liked it. Took it out and shot it last week. Still like it.

My signature De Jour,when I use it, came from a refrigerator magnet. It's very deep.

Carl Gemny?
Lem Grancy?
Lance Grym? I'll figure it out.

swestby · April 13, 2001, 10:42 PM

swestby is of course for Steve Westby.
I've been thinking about a signature for awhile, finally decided on 'Rocketman' because it relates to another of my expensive hobbies (so says 'She Who Must be Obeyed'), high power sport rocketry. Anybody else do that on this board?
And we tangle with the BATF now and again in HPR as well.

Doc Hudson · April 13, 2001, 11:14 PM

My Mom started calling me Doc when I was a kid. I guess she wanted an MD in the family. She was disappointed in that ambition.

When I was in my early 20's I used to hang out at a friend's gunshop. One of my favorite guns at the time was a reproduction .36 cal. M-1851 Navy Colt. I shot daily and was pretty danged good.

Anyway, one day just after getting out of the hospital with a bad case of bronchial pneumonia, I was hanging out at DeVon's shop when a guy came in with brand new S&W M-66 with a 6" barrel. The guy was bragging about how accurate and powerful the gun was. I smelled an easy mark.

I offered a bet that I could outshoot him with the old charcoal burner on my hip. After his brags, he could not back down in front of half a dozen guys.

We went out behind the store and set up two sets of targets, six soda cans each. I let the sucker go first. He left three cans standing even after taking lots of aiming time. Then I capped the sixth chamber and started shooting.

When the smoke cleared, all of my targets were knocked off the rail. Just then, I started coughing. Deep racking coughs that sounded as if I were going to cough my lungs up.

As I leaned against the building trying to regain my breath, my opponent pointed at me and said to our gallery,"Just look at the sonovabitch! Not only does he shoot like Doc Holliday, he coughs like him too!!" He never called me anything but Doc Holliday after that and other people took it up.

When I started writing a column at http://www.earp.com several years ago, reviving the old nickname just seemed natural.

Regards,
Doc Hudson

April 13, 2001, 04:34 PM	#1
Nightcrawler Senior Member Join Date: September 22, 2000 Location: Northern Michigan Posts: 2,945	I think these have been done before, but let's go over 'em again. What does your signature and nickname mean? Where'd you get the idea for 'em? -Nightcrawler: NOT, from the X-Men or whatever. I got it off of Half Life: They Hunger, Part II. -My sig changes. The current one comes from the manual of Delta Force: Land Warrior, by Novalogic. __________________ Nightcrawler- TFL Alumnus

April 13, 2001, 05:59 PM	#8
LawDog Staff Emeritus Join Date: September 15, 1999 Location: Where am I going? Why am I in this handbasket? Posts: 4,194	Bulldog: "How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood"? 'Lawdog' is Western slang for Peace Officer. For some reason my perfectly good Celtic name trips up most people in North Texas, so "lawdog" or just plain "'dog" it is. The signatures generally come from the classic Faerie tales. LawDog __________________ "The Father wove the skein of your life a long time ago. Go and hide in a hole if you wish, but you won't live one instant longer." --The 13th Warrior Bona na Croin The LawDog Files

April 13, 2001, 06:05 PM	#9
Christopher II Senior Member Join Date: November 22, 1999 Location: Germantown, MD Posts: 2,349	My parents gave me my screenname shortly before I was born. The "II" is because some other Christopher got here first. My .sigs vary frequently, ranging from musical lyrics to snippets of esoteric philosophy. I'm currently between quotes. Later, Chris __________________ "There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want merely because you think it would be good for him." – Robert Heinlein "Contrary to popular belief, your vote does not matter, and you cannot make a difference." - Bob Murphy, "Picking Neither of Two Evils" My PGP Public Key

April 13, 2001, 07:15 PM	#13
inGobwetrust Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2001 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 179	My last name is Gobbi. My nickname is Gob or Gobs. [Edited by inGobwetrust on 04-13-2001 at 11:45 PM] __________________ "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act" George Orwell

April 13, 2001, 07:42 PM	#15
pax Senior Member Join Date: May 16, 2000 Location: In a state of flux Posts: 7,520	My nick is "pax," which is the Latin word for "peace." I believe that without responsible people bearing arms, no nation experiences peace for very long. I've used variants on this nick since I first came online, five or six years ago. Never knew about the anti-gun rights organization by that name until last year sometime, after I started reading TFL. After learning about them, I considered changing my nick. But, doggonit, it's my nick. Why should I let them take over this perfectly good word? pax __________________ Kathy Jackson My personal website: Cornered Cat

April 13, 2001, 04:43 PM	#2
Porter-Glockwell Senior Member Join Date: November 9, 2000 Location: SLC, Utah Posts: 231	Porter-Glockwell is the combination of my favorite pistol (Glocks) and my hero, Porter Rockwell. Just in case any of you don't know who Porter Rockwell was, he was the famed Mormon gunfighter/lawman of the American west. He killed more people than Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson combined. He regularly carried 5 or 6 guns. 2 colt navy revolvers, 2 Colt navy's cut down into snubbies in his pockets, and a sawed off double barrel "whippit" shotgun under his coat. awesome guy. Looked like a lunatic too.

April 13, 2001, 05:15 PM	#3
Flattop Senior Member Join Date: October 31, 2000 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 199	My username is pretty easy to identify with. It's my hair cut style. Also, it signifies the first ship I was assigned to, USS NIMITZ, which is an aircraft carrier. Carriers are commonly referred to as "flattops". The other nickname for carriers "Birdfarm" didn't seem to fit, I live in the burb's not on a farm.

April 13, 2001, 05:18 PM	#4
mobias Junior member Join Date: January 28, 2001 Location: South Carolina Posts: 237	Mobias was the name of my junior high school band director's dog. My signature comes from the movie "Bowfinger", a little seen movie but very, very funny. I think it is Eddie Murphy's best ever. Check it out.

April 13, 2001, 05:22 PM	#5
PJ11B3VF7 Senior Member Join Date: February 5, 2000 Location: Iraq Posts: 394	My name is my first e-mail address from when I first got online. Being an infantry type I needed something to remember easily (Remember I'm an infantryman and we don't do too well with multasyllabic words ) PJ=my initials 11B3VF7=my MOS = light infantry SSG, Airborne Ranger and Pathfinder qualified. Yeah, I know I went overboard

April 13, 2001, 05:36 PM	#6
Monkeyleg Senior Member Join Date: January 25, 2000 Posts: 4,625	It references a very large and hairy birthmark I grew just in time for co-ed gym classes in high school. I always thought it would make a great title for the book I would write, but I guess I'll have to settle for using it here. Dick

April 13, 2001, 05:46 PM	#7
Bulldog Senior Member Join Date: February 22, 1999 Location: Texas Posts: 564	Old high school nickname that stuck. You can guess on the sig.

April 13, 2001, 06:14 PM	#10
iso1 Senior Member Join Date: November 2, 2000 Location: Reno, Nevada Posts: 573	Nick is composed of the initials of the company I'm assigned to and then my occupation. I..... Security Officer. The 1 means I was the first here (after the supervisor). Sigs: first is self-explanatory. Number 2 comes from a bumper sticker. Number 3 comes from the Rules of Combat.

April 13, 2001, 06:42 PM	#11
thumbtack Senior Member Join Date: March 12, 2001 Location: Garland, Texas Posts: 724	The day before I signed up with TFL, Thumper and I went to the range and we were at the 15 yard pistol range. I setup two thumbtacks and I was able to get both within three shots with my Ruger P89. Thumper tried and was unsuccessful(but came very close), so I choose Thumbtack as bragging rights.

April 13, 2001, 07:14 PM	#12
FratBoyTX Member Join Date: January 15, 2001 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 73	If y'all couldn't guess....I'm in a fraternity (Chi Phi, the oldest and still the best), and I'm in Texas (Dallas. Can't find a quote I like enough to make it my signature quite yet.

April 13, 2001, 07:18 PM	#14
CastleBravo Senior Member Join Date: December 11, 1999 Posts: 2,144	Castle Bravo was the code name for a U.S. hydrogen bomb test that made a much bigger boom than expected. C.B.

April 13, 2001, 07:44 PM	#16
fmjcafe Senior Member Join Date: March 12, 1999 Location: St.Louis Posts: 365	fmjcafe....eat lead.Kinda sings,don`t it?

April 13, 2001, 08:08 PM	#17
Ranger Grant Member Join Date: April 9, 2001 Location: San Francisco Bay Area Posts: 56	"Ranger Grant" is my SASS alias. I chose the signature because it "fit" my beliefs, and I didn't see it used on any firearm site I visited. __________________ "An armed society is a polite society"

April 13, 2001, 08:17 PM	#18
Cyrgelman Member Join Date: April 9, 2001 Posts: 91	The the letters of the goofy screenname "Cyrgelman" comprise all the letters of my (real) first, middle, and last names. The signature "Cy" is my online nickname.

April 13, 2001, 08:25 PM	#19
Horny Toad Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2000 Location: NJ Posts: 191	Nickname "Horny Toad" was my dad's CB handle years ago. I always got a kick out of it, so I adopted it in his memory. The sig? Just proud. Horny Toad __________________ NRA Life Member We Don't Need No Steenking 2nd Amendment

April 13, 2001, 09:53 PM	#20
Jim V Senior Member Join Date: January 31, 1999 Location: SE Michigan - USA Posts: 4,038	Nickname: Easy, it is my name. Signature: The first line is from THE WIND AND THE LION, the second line is bastardized Latin for "Don't f* with us." and the 3rd line is the url for a web site where I'm a moderator. Ya'll drop by, ya hear.... __________________ MOLON LABE If it ain't metal, single stack & single action, it ain't a 1911 no matter what it looks like. 1911 Forum THE TUBBY CURMUDGEON**

April 13, 2001, 09:56 PM	#21
AnotherPundit Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2001 Posts: 487	All in all, I think I show a singular lack of imagination. __________________ ----------------------- www.AnotherPundit.com

April 13, 2001, 10:22 PM	#22
Paul K Senior Member Join Date: February 27, 2001 Location: Michigan Posts: 674	Well, my nickname stands for my real name, which is Paul! How bout that? But serously, my dad has had an AOL account forever (we got a cable modem, and i dont know why he stil has AOL) annyways, i got a SN, and i swear it took me half and hour just to think of the right one. i finaly came up with F1 USP45 . USP45 is my fav gun, and F1 is my fav camera (Cannon F1, not Nikon F1)

April 13, 2001, 10:39 PM	#23
AR-10 Senior Member Join Date: January 10, 2001 Location: Iowa Posts: 1,182	My nickname is comprised of the letters in my first and last....wait a minute. I'm an armchair comman....oops. Oh yeah. Bought an Armalite last fall and liked it. Took it out and shot it last week. Still like it. My signature De Jour,when I use it, came from a refrigerator magnet. It's very deep. Carl Gemny? Lem Grancy? Lance Grym? I'll figure it out.

April 13, 2001, 10:42 PM	#24
swestby Member Join Date: December 6, 2000 Location: Lebanon, OR Posts: 69	swestby is of course for Steve Westby. I've been thinking about a signature for awhile, finally decided on 'Rocketman' because it relates to another of my expensive hobbies (so says 'She Who Must be Obeyed'), high power sport rocketry. Anybody else do that on this board? And we tangle with the BATF now and again in HPR as well.

April 13, 2001, 11:14 PM	#25
Doc Hudson Senior Member Join Date: January 29, 2001 Location: Mississippi Delta Posts: 635	Origins of Nickname My Mom started calling me Doc when I was a kid. I guess she wanted an MD in the family. She was disappointed in that ambition. When I was in my early 20's I used to hang out at a friend's gunshop. One of my favorite guns at the time was a reproduction .36 cal. M-1851 Navy Colt. I shot daily and was pretty danged good. Anyway, one day just after getting out of the hospital with a bad case of bronchial pneumonia, I was hanging out at DeVon's shop when a guy came in with brand new S&W M-66 with a 6" barrel. The guy was bragging about how accurate and powerful the gun was. I smelled an easy mark. I offered a bet that I could outshoot him with the old charcoal burner on my hip. After his brags, he could not back down in front of half a dozen guys. We went out behind the store and set up two sets of targets, six soda cans each. I let the sucker go first. He left three cans standing even after taking lots of aiming time. Then I capped the sixth chamber and started shooting. When the smoke cleared, all of my targets were knocked off the rail. Just then, I started coughing. Deep racking coughs that sounded as if I were going to cough my lungs up. As I leaned against the building trying to regain my breath, my opponent pointed at me and said to our gallery,"Just look at the sonovabitch! Not only does he shoot like Doc Holliday, he coughs like him too!!" He never called me anything but Doc Holliday after that and other people took it up. When I started writing a column at http://www.earp.com several years ago, reviving the old nickname just seemed natural. Regards, Doc Hudson